CHAPTER 10 Right Lower Lobectomy
Approach to Video-Assisted Right Lower Lobectomy
Key Points
♦ The utility incision is placed one intercostal space lower than the standard superior pulmonary vein level to allow better access to the structures in the lower thoracic cavity.
Video-Assisted Right Lower Lobectomy
Step 1. Inferior Pulmonary Ligament Takedown
♦ Use electrocautery with an extended tip (or other energy source) to transect the inferior pulmonary ligament (Figure 10-1).
♦ Collect any station 9 inferior pulmonary ligament lymph nodes, and send them to pathology. Lymph nodes should be removed through the utility incision to avoid tumor implantation in smaller incisions.
♦ Electrocautery introduced from incision 1 transects the ligament up to the level of the right inferior pulmonary vein.
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